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превосхо́дство — meaning in English

prevoskhodstvo

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English meaning

  • advantage noun Something that puts you in a better or more favorable position than others.
  • ascendancy noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • excellence noun The quality of being extremely good at something; outstanding merit.
  • mastery noun Complete or expert skill and knowledge of a subject.
  • preponderance noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
  • superiority noun The state or quality of being better, higher-ranking, or more advanced than others.
  • supremacy noun The state of having power or authority over all others.
  • vantage noun A position, especially a high or favorable one, that gives a clear view or an advantage.

Senses

превосхо́дство is used for these senses in English:

  • advantage (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
  • ascendancy The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • excellence The quality of being excellent; brilliance
  • mastery Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.
  • preponderance Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
  • superiority The state of being superior.
  • supremacy The quality of being supreme.
  • supremacy Power over all others.

advantage — full definition

  1. noun Something that puts you in a better or more favorable position than others.
  2. noun In tennis, the point scored right after deuce, needed to win the game.
  3. verb To give someone or something a favorable edge.

ascendancy — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  2. noun Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
  3. noun A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.

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